Risk, Fraud & Security
Anti-fraud Vendor Asks If Some Anti-fraud Systems Are a ‘Smokescreen’ for Profits from Unlawful Traffic
CodeB published an unorthodox article which appears to be a hypothetical story about an A2P SMS carrier and a bank.
Police Got Crime Intel from 115mn Conversations by Infiltrating EncroChat Comms Network
Spying on the encrypted comms allowed police to subsequently seize or freeze almost a billion dollars' worth of cash and bank accounts.
YouTuber Gets Inside Smishing and Social Engineering
Micode followed digital breadcrumbs that began with an SMS from a number reserved for M2M, took him via web servers and Telegram channels, to swindlers with a psychopathic lack of remorse.
Notorious Brit SIM Swapper Gets 5 Years in US Prison
The sentence may appear severe until you appreciate the variety of crimes committed during a spree that lasted less than 18 months.
Ireland Rejects STIR/SHAKEN; Regulator Proposes Comprehensive Anti-Scam Plan
Comreg has recommended a series of common sense methods to stop scam calls and texts. Other regulators should copy it.
10 Limitations Of Telecom Signaling Firewalls
It is important for telco networks to be defended by signaling firewalls, but the protection they provide can be undermined by the way they are maintained.
The Shortest Possible Explanation of Why the UK Regulator Is Wrong to Want STIR/SHAKEN
Nobody can say I did not try.
Kenyans Warned of the Return of Wangiri
They may have been trying to raise consumer awareness, but the Communications Authority of Kenya also needs somebody to explain wangiri to them.
Will the Big New US Robocall Lawsuit Change Anything?
The legal complaint against Avid Telecom has 41 pages of alleged violations and penalties to be paid. But what matters is whether there will be any actual punishment after the trial is over.
ENISA Publishes 5G Security Controls Matrix
This inventory of 5G cybersecurity objectives and mitigations is cross-referenced to a wide variety of technical and non-technical security and risk standards from around the world.
French President Macron Promises National Scam Block for SMS and Email
The pledge to implement a filter of malicious links was stated on Emmanuel Macron's official LinkedIn account.
13 Years in Prison for Head of London Phone Spoofing Fraud Outfit
Tejay Fletcher ran a crime service that earned USD100,000 per week by making it easy for scammers to spoof numbers used by banks.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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